Sunday, June 10, 2012

1st Annual ABC Poultry Show a Success!!!

June 9, 2012 Canfield, Ohio-  The American Buckeye Club (ABC) held it's FIRST annual meet at the Buckeye Fancy Feather Club Poultry Show on Saturday June 9, 2012 and it was a tremendous success!  Many ABC members attended and TWENTY (20) Buckeyes were on hand for the judging, 14 in the Open and 6 in the Junior class. This made the Buckeye one of the largest groups of birds in the American Class within the Large Fowl category.  In typical fashion, Sydney Shumaker of Shumaker Farms did very well in both classes.  Below are the results as tabulated by the ABC, we are still awaiting the "official" results from the Buckeye Fancy Feather Club;

Open

BB - Buckeye Cock - Clifford Calhoun of Astabula, Ohio
RB - Buckeye Cock - Shumaker Farms of Wilmington, Ohio
#1 - Buckeye Cockerel - Shumaker Farms of Wilmington, Ohio
#2 - Buckeye Cockerel - Richard Presley of Marengo, Ohio
#3 - Buckeye Cockerel - Shumaker Farms of Wilmington, Ohio
#1 - Buckeye Hen - Jeff Lay of Miamisburg, Ohio
#1 - Buckeye Pullet - Jeff Lay of Miamisburg, Ohio

Junior

BB - Buckeye Cockerel - Sydney Shumaker of Wilmington, Ohio
RB - Buckeye Cockerel - Dawson Latham of Wapakoneta, Ohio
#3 - Buckeye Cockerel - Alex Presley of Marengo, Ohio
#1 Buckeye Hen - Sydney Shumaker of Wilmington, Ohio
#1 Buckeye Pullet - Alex Presley of Marengo, Ohio

(from right to left are Clifford Calhoun Champion Buckeye Cock Open class, Sydney Shumaker Champion Buckeye Cockerel Junior class and Dawson Latham Reserve Champion Buckeye Cockerel Junior class.)

In addition to the Trophies awarded by the American Buckeye Club, both the Champions received a 4 pound bag of Omega Ultra Egg supplement compliments of our Sponsor Omega Fields company!  Dawson Latham was also awarded a special ABC "club trophy" for BEST COLOR for his Buckeye Cockerel in the Junior Class.  We wish to thank all the folks who attended and exhibited their Buckeyes, we enjoyed meeting with everyone and had a great time!  In addition, thanks to the APA judges Gary Overton and Lewis Cunningham as well as the GREAT folks at the Buckeye Fancy Feather Club, Tom Moore - President, Paul Simmons - Vice President and Rhonda Simmons - Secretary/Treasurer.

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